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Ugly milk-cap

Lactarius necator

A species of Milk-caps

The Ugly milk-cap has a rather messy appearance, which has led to the common name. The genus name, Lactarius, refers to the milky latex these mushrooms produce if damaged. Though not immediately toxic, the ugly milk-cap is suspected to be carcinogenic, so it should not be consumed.

Cap Diameter:

6 - 9 cm

Odor:

Mild to very peppery

General Info About Ugly milk-cap

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Attributes of Ugly milk-cap

Cap Diameter

6 - 9 cm

Height

4 - 5 cm

Cap

Cap 6 - 9 cm across; convex to flat; olive brown to brown or dark green; with fibrillose to fibrillose-scaly; margin incurved to decurved

Gills

Adnate to subdecurrent; close; pale orange; turns dark brown to olive brown when cut

Stem

Stem 4 - 5 cm long, 3 - 4 cm thick; grayish yellow, brown

Flesh

Flesh 1 - 1.5 cm thick; pale yellow; unchanging on exposure

Spore Print Color

Pale yellow

Odor

Mild to very peppery

Body Color

Brown

Green

Yellow

Growth Form

Solitary, Scattered

Nutrient Gathering

Mycorrhizal

Substrate

On soil

You can find Ugly milk-cap by these plants:

Oaks, Spruces, Firs

Endangered Species

How to Identify Ugly milk-cap

Fruiting Body Cap Gills

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Habitat of Ugly milk-cap

Mixed woods

Scientific Classification of Ugly milk-cap

Phylum

Club fungi

Class

Mushroom-forming fungi

Order

Russulales

Family

Russulaceae

Genus

Milk-caps

Toxicity and Edibility of Ugly milk-cap

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Is Ugly milk-cap Toxic?

Ugly milk-cap is a poisonous mushroom, gastroenteritis occur 30 minutes to 3 hours after ingestion. Major symptoms include nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps and diarrhea, sometimes accompanied by sweating, weakness, dizziness and chills.